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Leg Injuries

Known as: extremity injuries lower, LOWER EXTREMITY INJURY, injuries leg 
Trauma to the lower extremity, which is confined to the area between the hip and ankle joints.
National Institutes of Health

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Ankle InjuriesHip InjuriesIn BloodMicrobiological

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Crush injury of legInjury of lower leg

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Leg Injuries and Disordersextremity injury

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Soccer-specific warm-up and lower extremity injury rates in collegiate male soccer players.
CONTEXT A number of comprehensive injury-prevention programs have demonstrated injury risk-reduction effects but have had limited… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Field‐expedient screening and injury risk algorithm categories as predictors of noncontact lower extremity injury
In athletics, efficient screening tools are sought to curb the rising number of noncontact injuries and associated health care… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Lower extremity muscle activation and alignment during the soccer instep and side-foot kicks.
STUDY DESIGN Controlled laboratory study. OBJECTIVES To quantify phase duration and lower extremity muscle activation and… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Strain and excursion of the sciatic, tibial, and plantar nerves during a modified straight leg raising test
A modified straight leg raising (SLR) in which ankle dorsiflexion is performed before hip flexion has been suggested to diagnose… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The Influence of In-Season Injury Prevention Training on Lower-Extremity Kinematics during Landing in Female Soccer Players
ObjectiveTo examine the influence of in-season injury prevention training on hip and knee kinematics during a landing task… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Effects of 2 ankle fatigue models on the duration of postural stability dysfunction.
CONTEXT Muscle fatigue is generally categorized in 2 ways: that caused by peripheral weakness (peripheral fatigue) and that… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Incidence of asymptomatic pulmonary embolism in moderately to severely injured trauma patients.
BACKGROUND Chest computed tomographic (CT) scanning is used frequently to evaluate symptomatic patients for pulmonary embolus (PE… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Predictors of Lower Extremity Injury Among Recreationally Active Adults
ObjectiveTo identify gender-specific predictors of lower extremity injury among a sample of adults engaging in running, walking… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The Relationship Between Lower Extremity Injury, Low Back Pain, and Hip Muscle Strength in Male and Female Collegiate Athletes
ObjectiveTo determine the relationship of previous lower extremity (LE) injury and/or low back pain (LBP) on hip abduction and… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Visual assessment of foot type and relationship of foot type to lower extremity injury.
The purpose of this study was 1) to establish the interrater reliability of classifying foot type by visual appraisal and 2) to… 
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